You work as the head of the IT department for a local hospital. Another hospital in your state was recently the target of a ransomware attack. Fearing a similar attack, senior management of your hospital has asked you if your hospital is prepared for such an attack.

They have requested a 1- to 2-page memo that describes the hospital’s protections against a ransomware attack. In your memo, include a chart with columns for Authorization, Authentication, Roles, and Mitigation. In each column, list related security protections the hospital should use to protect against ransomware attacks. Additionally, based on your chart, provide a final summary on how the hospital can mitigate the risk of a ransomware attack and how the hospital can respond if it does face such an attack.

Write a 1- to 2-page memo.

Include the chart in your memo.

Overview

The United Nations has continued to retain you as a consultant for a project that deals with climate and the environment. Most developed countries see the dangers of releasing too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and are committed to climate policies that attain a carbon-free future in the next 30 years. They already see the damaging effects that this gas alone is having on the living conditions of crops, wildlife, and humans. As a result, many member states are dissatisfied with the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals for international development that they established in 2000. The member states see a substantial disconnect between several issues that developed and developing countries believe are priorities. For example, Burundi wants one of the goals to focus on food security, while Austria is adamant that a major global issue should be the negotiation of ceasefires in countries in the midst of civil wars. The UN wants you to work from the list below and prioritize two of the global community’s threats that it deems the most serious to environmental stability.

Instructions

Step 1

Select two threats. Listed below are eight issues that the UN feels pose the most significant threats to global security. Some of these apply to the Earth’s 7.7 billion people, while others are limited primarily to developing countries. Regardless of where these threats are concentrated, your job as a consultant is to identify two of them that you consider the most critical to the globe’s population.

Issue Options

1. The use of fossil fuels as an energy source.
2. Globalization.
3. Insufficient educational opportunities in developing countries.
4. A lack of access to technology.
5. Civil war (NOT the U.S. Civil War).
6. The rise in oceans’ levels.
7. Covid-19 and the global pandemic.
8. The dangers of poor countries remaining poor.

Step 2

Write a minimum of an 8 page persuasive paper about your two threats.

Write an introduction paragraph of at least one-half page in length identifying the two threats you have selected and the purpose of the paper. Then, for the two threats you chose:

1. Identify the factors that make it such a serious risk to the global environment that you would choose to present it to the UN.
2. Analyze the role that humans have played in aggravating this threat to the Earth’s environment.
3. Suggest initiatives that the global community can take to mitigate the worst effects of this environmental threat.
4. Write a conclusion paragraph of at least one-half page in length that summarizes your impressions of these risks for global stability.

1. Write an R program that reads the text file into a data frame. Using that data frame, print the mean, median, mode, average deviation, and standard deviation. Be sure to state which output is which, such as “The mean is: 25”.

2. Write a Java program that reads the text file. Using meaningful print statements, output the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation.

3. Write a Python program that reads the text file. Using NumPy and SciPy modules, print the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation.

As part of the mastery requirements for this Competency Assessment, complete the following boldfaced item:

Using the requirements for Steps 1–3 above, write code that adds another statistical method to output using all three languages beyond the competency statistical methods.

4. Write an R program that:

A. Reads the text file.

B. Using that data, create a two-dimensional array that is 2,500 rows by 100 columns.

C. Also create a three-dimensional array that is 2500 by 10 by 10.

D. Slice the two-dimensional array using a starting column index of 2 and an ending column index of 5. Print the results of the arrays and slice.

5. Write a Java program that:

A. Reads the text file.

B. Using that data, create a two-dimensional array that is 2,500 rows by 100 columns.

C. Slice the two-dimensional array using a starting column index of 2 and an ending column index of 5. Print the results of the arrays and slice.

6. Write a Python program that:

A. Reads the text file using NumPy.

B. Using that data, create a two-dimensional array that is 2,500 rows by 100 columns.

C. Also create a three-dimensional array that is 2500 by 10 by 10.

D. Slice the two-dimensional array using a starting index of 2, an ending index of 5, and steps by 10. Print the results of the arrays and slice.

7. Compare and contrast your experience with each language when determining the mean, mode, median, and standard deviation.

Place your screenshots and responses in a Microsoft Word document. This part of the assessment should meet any stated specifications listed above. Be sure to include the .R files with your code for the R portion.

Prepare a two-page briefing paper (5 to 7 paragraphs) that provides background information about the European Union’s approach to privacy. Your target audience is the IT Governance Board for Red Clay Renovations. Specifically, you should explain the following concepts / practices:

• Privacy by Design
• Right to be Forgotten
• Right to be Informed

Your briefing paper must also identify and recommend 5 or more best practices for privacy protection that Red Clay Renovations should incorporate into its IT security policies. At least two of your recommendations must come from the European Union’s privacy mandates.

Provide in-text citations and references for 3 or more authoritative sources. Put the reference list at the end of your posting.

Write 3–4 paragraphs with proper APA format that address the following: 

1. Explain the importance of the 95/46/EC directive, Section IX  Notification, Article 18—Obligation to notify the supervisory authority  when it comes to the interaction between the U.S. investigator, the  Controller, and the supervisory authority (Identified in Article 28) of  the EU member state.  

2. What are the rules under the data retention law that affect U.S. investigations in EU member states?